North Northamptonshire: what a home costs and what you need to earn

East Midlands. House prices are based on 4,235 sales over the last 12 months.

Buying a home

Fairly affordable

A typical home costs 6.8× median full-time pay

Renting a home

Fairly affordable

Average rent takes 31% of median pay

Recorded crime

About average

68.8 per 1,000 residents (England and Wales: 81.3)

How we rate: buying compares the typical home price with median pay (under 5× affordable, 5 to 8× fairly affordable, 8 to 11× expensive, over 11× very expensive). Renting compares a year of average rent with median pay (under 25% affordable, 25 to 33% fairly affordable, 33 to 40% expensive, over 40% very expensive). Crime compares the rate per resident with the England and Wales average.

Median full-time pay

£37,951

Gross a year, people living in North Northamptonshire

Terraced house price ÷ pay

5.4×

A typical terraced house costs this many years of median pay

Renting a terraced house

31%

of median gross pay goes on rent (£965 a month)

What the numbers say about North Northamptonshire

Across all property types, the typical home sold in North Northamptonshire over the past year cost £258,000, which is 6.8× median full-time pay. Measured against pay, North Northamptonshire is the 113th least expensive of 316 areas for buying; the typical area is 7.6×. Within the East Midlands it is around the middle of 35 areas (17th most expensive).

For a terraced house at £205,000, a lender would typically look for an income of around £41,000, and the 10% deposit would be £20,500, about 6 months of median gross pay. Median full-time pay here is £37,951, 93% of the income needed, so on these assumptions it takes two median incomes, or one well above the median, to meet the test.

Renting a terraced house costs about £965 a month, which is 31% of median gross pay. Across all property types the average rent is £992 a month. Measured against pay, it is around the middle of 316 areas (182nd most expensive) for renting. Rents rose 5.2% over the latest year ONS measured, faster than the typical area (3.9%).

Median full-time pay of £37,951 is around the middle of 316 areas (170th highest); the typical area is £38,328. This is pay for people who live in North Northamptonshire, wherever they work.

Police recorded 68.8 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year, which is 15% below average for England and Wales (81.3). That makes it around the middle of 310 areas (167th highest) for recorded crime per resident. The category furthest below average is residential burglary (25% below).

Buying

Property type	Sales	Median price	Price ÷ pay	Deposit (10%)	Income typically needed
Detached	1,347	£370,000	9.7×	£37,000	£74,000
Semi-detached	1,516	£250,000	6.6×	£25,000	£50,000
Terraced	1,102	£205,000	5.4×	£20,500	£41,000
Flat	270	£127,000	3.3×	£12,500	£25,500

Renting

Property type	Average rent a month	Rent a year	Share of median pay
Detached	£1,331	£15,972	42%
Semi-detached	£1,029	£12,348	33%
Terraced	£965	£11,580	31%
Flat	£796	£9,552	25%

Income needed is illustrative: it assumes a 10% deposit and a lender willing to lend 4.5 times income. Real lending depends on your circumstances. Pay is the median for full-time employees living in North Northamptonshire, before tax, and rents are the ONS average for the area. Property types with fewer than 100 sales in the last 12 months are left out.

How prices in North Northamptonshire have changed

Average house price for all property types, by year. The last point is the latest 12 months.

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Year	Average price
1995	£40,724
1996	£40,392
1997	£43,703
1998	£47,685
1999	£52,157
2000	£59,484
2001	£66,980
2002	£81,454
2003	£101,617
2004	£119,491
2005	£129,839
2006	£134,994
2007	£147,902
2008	£142,778
2009	£124,459
2010	£130,805
2011	£130,977
2012	£130,751
2013	£135,183
2014	£145,432
2015	£156,120
2016	£173,132
2017	£188,130
2018	£201,185
2019	£203,385
2020	£207,862
2021	£223,340
2022	£248,507
2023	£251,463
2024	£244,943
2025	£250,941
12 months to July 2026	£255,079

The average home price in North Northamptonshire was £173,132 in 2016 and £255,079 in the 12 months to July 2026, a rise of 47% over ten years. The typical area of England and Wales saw a rise of 36%. That makes North Northamptonshire the 81st fastest-rising of 316 areas for ten-year price growth.

Going back to 2005, the average price has moved from £129,839 to £255,079, a rise of 96% (the typical area: a rise of 84%).

Prices fell 16% after the 2008 financial crisis, from £147,902 in 2007 to £124,459 in 2009. They did not get back to their 2007 level until 2015.

Prices are cash figures, not adjusted for inflation, and come from the HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, which uses a different method from the median prices above, so the two will not match exactly.

How rents in North Northamptonshire have changed

Average monthly rent for all property types, by year. The last point is the latest month.

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Year	Average rent
2015	£583 a month
2016	£611 a month
2017	£649 a month
2018	£678 a month
2019	£704 a month
2020	£711 a month
2021	£722 a month
2022	£760 a month
2023	£812 a month
2024	£859 a month
2025	£929 a month
August 2026	£992 a month

The average rent in North Northamptonshire was £583 a month in 2015 and £992 in August 2026, a rise of 70%. The typical area of England and Wales saw a rise of 52%. That makes North Northamptonshire the 24th fastest-rising of 316 areas for rent growth since 2015.

Over the same period the average house price rose 63%. Rents have risen faster than house prices here, by 7 percentage points.

Rent figures are from the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and are cash figures, not adjusted for inflation.

Crime

Police recorded crime in the year ending March 2026, per 1,000 residents, against the average for the areas of England and Wales covered here.

Type of crime	Per 1,000 residents	England and Wales average	Compared with average	Change on a year earlier
All recorded crime (excluding fraud)	68.8	81.3	15% below average	−6%
Violence against the person	27.5	31.0	11% below average	−6%
Sexual offences	3.6	3.4	7% above average	+2%
Robbery	1.2	1.4	14% below average	–
Residential burglary (per 1,000 households)	4.6	6.2	25% below average	−2%
Vehicle offences	4.1	4.9	16% below average	+2%
Theft from the person	0.2	1.6	88% below average	–
Criminal damage and arson	5.7	7.1	19% below average	−7%

Recorded crime in North Northamptonshire was 72.9 per 1,000 residents in the year ending March 2025 and 68.8 in the year ending March 2026, down 6%. Across England and Wales it was down 4%.

Changes are left blank where the rate is very low, as a few extra crimes would look like a big swing. This is one year's change only, so it can reflect one-off events or changes in how police record crime, not just a real trend. Rates per resident use ONS population estimates for each year.

North Northamptonshire is made up of several police partnership areas, and the figures above combine them. Their total recorded crime per 1,000 residents: Corby 75.4, East Northamptonshire 57.6, Kettering 70.1, Wellingborough 73.3.

Rates use the resident population, so areas with many daytime visitors, students or a busy night-time economy, such as city centres, show higher crime per resident than residents experience. Recorded crime also depends on how likely crimes are to be reported and how police record them. Residential burglary is per 1,000 households. Robbery and theft from the person are concentrated in a few city centres, so most areas sit well below the national average for them.